| 单词 | the right way |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(the) right way Phrases P1. (the) right way, (the) right path. Also (now regional) with related nouns, as gang (gang n. 4a), gate (gate n.2), and sty (sty n.1). a. The morally correct way to live one's life or the path to spiritual salvation.The sense appears to derive from extended metaphors in sense A. 1 with an admixture of sense A. 6 (cf. sense A. 1c); after the 17th cent. the element of sense A. 1 diminishes and later use often involves an extended metaphor with elements of sense A. 7d. ΚΠ eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) cxlii. 11 (10) Spiritus tuus bonus deducet me in uia recta : gast ðin god gelaedeð mec in wege rehtum. eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) ix. 59 Swa dydon Fariseos: naðer ne hie selfe on ryhtne weg gan noldon, ne oðrum geðafigean. eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) v. ix. 412 He sceal to Columban mynstre cuman, forðan þe hiora sylh unrihte gongað; ah he ða sceal to rihtre stige geteon. OE King Ælfred tr. Psalms (Paris) (2001) xxvi. 13 Gerece me on rihtne pæð [L. in semita recta] fore minum feondum. OE Wulfstan Christian Life (Hatton) 209 Ða þe lifes weg lædan cunnan gebringan on rihtwege þa ðe ær dweledan. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16851 Teȝȝ..droȝhenn mikell godess follc Vt off þe rihhte weȝȝe. c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) l. 22 Ne for loue to god ne for his eiȝe, To gon out of þe rihte weye. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 2988 (MED) God graunte vs grace so to sey Of trouþe to shewe þe ryȝt weye. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 2509 (MED) His swerd..Is to reuoke to þe riȝt weye Swiche as wrongly fro trouþe do forveye. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 9027 (MED) A man þat..doþ his neiȝbore vnto As he wolde þat he dide hym also, Þat man lyueþ in right weie. c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 606 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 321 Til men of al estate ledar he wes of þe richt gat. 1534 Prymer in Eng. sig. N.vv Theym that swarue from the ryght waye vnto shrewdnes. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Psalms xxvi. 11 Geue me a law ô Lord in thy way: and direct me in the right path. 1660 H. Peters in W. Kennett Register (1728) 36 This was still the Lord's right Way, who led his People. 1734 W. Whiston tr. in Six Diss. i. 21 So far was his Mind wander'd from the right way, that even he was not a Believer, as to what he himself said. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 17 Grace leads the right way: if you choose the wrong, Take it, and perish. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 272 ‘But you are a presbyterian?’.. ‘I am, sir; praised be the light that shewed me the right way,’ replied the landlady. 1851 E. E. Stuart Let. 25 Nov. in R. Stuart et al. Stuart Lett. (1961) I. 230 We are like wayward children, erring from the right path, for our gew gaws that Satan invents to beguile our heads and hearts. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist iii. 130 Death, a cause of terror to the sinner, is a blessed moment for him who has walked in the right path, fulfilling the duties of his station in life. 1940 R. Wright Native Son ii. 219 If he were ever cornered something in him would prompt him to act the right way, the right way being the way that would enable him to die without shame. 1992 W. McGowan Only Man is Vile (1993) viii. 158 We appeal to bhikkhus to visit every Buddhist home and direct them on the right path. b. Usually (the) right way. The correct or most practical method to achieve the end in view. ΚΠ a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 17 (MED) He wile hes habben wel imotet, and bi rihte wæiȝe wel i-wæiȝen, and wel imered gold. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) vii. 50 Ffor he yat better techis his hors na his barnis he gais nocht the rycht gate to teche the order. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 9 This is the rightest way and fittest order to serve God. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum iii. ix. 119 To see who hath taken the righter, truer, and more commodious way to gouerne the people aswell in warre as in peace. a1637 B. Jonson Timber 185 in Wks. (1640) III If they would venture their industry the right way. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. i. 26 [He] took the right way to be depos'd. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 390 What Miracles of Architecture they would have left us, had they only been instructed in the right way. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature V. 398 Is it the right way to teach morality, to trick vice out with allurements? 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. v. 101 Mothers certainly have not yet got quite the right way of managing their daughters. View more context for this quotation 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady III. xi. 170 She must think of it in the right way. 1907 E. M. Forster Longest Journey xiii. 157 If he was stupid in the right way he would be a don. 1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. p. xxviii There are chapters on How to Make and Keep a Beautiful Skin..the Right Way of Reducing, Bathing for Beauty. 2003 M. Redhill Fidelity 14 They drank much of the bottle, trying to find the right way to describe the taste. c. the right way (also regionally gate) (of) (adverbial phrase): in the proper direction or position; in the correct manner. Also (Scottish): properly, thoroughly. Now frequently with the addition of an adverb, as about, round, up, etc. Cf. right side up at right side n. Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > in the direction that [phrase] > in the proper direction the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628 the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] > specific manner of action or operation > correct way or method game1625 the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > true facts or circumstances the soothc897 rightOE trutha1382 the feat ofa1400 verity1422 the whole story1565 fact1578 the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628 bottom fact1864 where it's (he's, she's) at1903 inside1904 dinkum1916 society > morality > virtue > [noun] > conduct > course of narrow wayOE highwaya1200 the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628 straight and narrow path1842 high road1950 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] > way of washing-wellc1425 the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628 jnana-marga1877 bhakti-marga1937 a1628 J. Preston Saints Daily Exercise (1629) 116 It sets all the wheeles of the soul the right way. 1677 Compl. Servant-maid 65 Rub your sarsenet well, the right way of the sarsenet. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 247 I had hold of the Watch, and holding it the right way, the start she gave drew the Hook out. a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 256 Let it be a constant rule to scrub the boards the right way of the grain; that is lengthways. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 113 Thou mayst do the Smith a kind turn, an thou takest this matter the right way. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xlix Than she lows't the richt gate aboot the minaister an' a' 's ation. 1927 Z. Grey in Country Gentleman June 26/2 Even a broken line running the right way would sweep the valley from wash to slope. 1942 A. S. Forbes & H. R. Allen Ten Fighter Boys p. xv Being a little ham, he overdid the manœuvre and came the right way up. 1995 T. Parks Ital. Educ. 60 Four rows of pink-or blue-clad babies just about visible in their cots if turned the right way round. 2008 C. Newkey-Burden in J. Burchill & C. Newkey-Burden Not in my Name App. 181 It would be a sad day if everyone in the rock world gave up the sherbet, but if anyone could do it the right way, it was always going to be our Noel. d. the right way of it: the facts or truth of a matter. Now rare. ΚΠ 1876 G. MacDonald Thomas Wingfold III. xvi. 146 ‘I hope that's the right way of it,’ said Leopold, ‘for I want to trust him out and out.’ 1893 tr. A. Warner Humour of Holland (1894) 262 Well! You've got hold of that sentiment by the wrong end. Let me tell you the right way of it. 1904 J. Davidson Queen's Romance ii. 72 You have the right way of it! Cunning, fraud, Relentless perfidy, rapacious greed, Ferocity, craft, rancour, outrage, lust—These triumph everywhere. 1927 H. Waddell Wandering Scholars Introd. p. xii This interest in the right way of it at Troy is not merely academic. P2. the right stuff: (a) slang something that is just what is required; spec. alcoholic drink; money; (b) colloquial (chiefly U.S.) the necessary qualities for a given job or task. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] drink1042 liquor1340 bousea1350 cidera1382 dwale1393 sicera1400 barrelc1400 strong drinkc1405 watera1475 swig1548 tipple1581 amber1598 tickle-brain1598 malt pie1599 swill1602 spicket1615 lap1618 John Barleycornc1625 pottle1632 upsy Englisha1640 upsy Friese1648 tipplage1653 heartsease1668 fuddle1680 rosin1691 tea1693 suck1699 guzzlea1704 alcohol1742 the right stuff1748 intoxicant1757 lush1790 tear-brain1796 demon1799 rum1799 poison1805 fogram1808 swizzle1813 gatter1818 wine(s) and spirit(s)1819 mother's milkc1821 skink1823 alcoholics1832 jough1834 alky1844 waipiro1845 medicine1847 stimulant1848 booze1859 tiddly1859 neck oil1860 lotion1864 shrab1867 nose paint1880 fixing1882 wet1894 rabbit1895 shicker1900 jollop1920 mule1920 giggle-water1929 rookus juice1929 River Ouse1931 juice1932 lunatic soup1933 wallop1933 skimish1936 sauce1940 turps1945 grog1946 joy juice1960 1748 J. Walcot New Pilgrim's Progr. 209 Come, there is a little Hut hard by, where I will shew you a Cup of your right Stuff. 1775 S. Foote Trip to Calais i. 25 Yes, yes, they look of that cut; not of the right stuff, as the French say, to make bucks desprits on. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan 159 I ins with my hand arter that; and I outs with a handfull o' the right stuff. 1845 J. F. Cooper in Graham's Mag. May 206/2 It seems the old general decided that the boy had the ‘right stuff’ in him, and overlooked the gross impropriety of the assault, on account of its justice and spirit. 1864 B. B. Hotchkin Manliness 10 You have the right stuff in you when you are once started, and you shall be a man yet. 1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xiv. 224 It doesn't matter how you're born if you've got the right stuff in you. 1927 P. G. Wodehouse Meet Mr. Mulliner vi. 198 A sharp spasm had reminded him how much of the right stuff he had in him at that moment. 1965 B. Behan Confessions Irish Rebel (1967) 19 Having plenty of the right stuff inside us, we caught the train for Liverpool. 1979 T. Wolfe (title) The right stuff. 2000 C. Tavris in M. S. Kimmel & A. Aronson Gendered Society Reader 32 The mismeasure of woman is responsible for the guilt-inducing analyses that leave women feeling that they lack the right stuff and are not doing the right thing. P3. colloquial and slang. the right sort: alcoholic drink, esp. gin; chiefly in a drop of the right sort; cf. Phrases 2(a). ΚΠ 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. xliv. 303 ‘What will you take to wash it down?’ ‘Vy, a drop of the right sort, if you have no objections, master’. 1843 Changes for Amer. Notes iii. 12/2 Three poor women of the working class entered this gin palace while we waited. ‘Please miss,’ said one to the smartly ringed and ringleted barmaid, ‘a quarten of the right sort, and a three-out’. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. v. 100 ‘That's a drop of the right sort, I can see,’ said Grandfer Cantle. 1916 E. Phillpotts Faith Tresilion xiii. 132 In he comes, as weak as a new-dropped calf, and I pour a drop of the right sort down his neck and set him on his pins again. P4. right side out and variants: with the usual or expected side on the exterior. Opposed to inside out. Also attributive. ΚΠ 1827 J. N. Vlieland Compl. Course of Study 174/1 You have not put your waistcoat the right side out. 1875 Arthur's Illustr. Home Mag. Jan. 43/2 After the one remaining bone is removed, draw the wings and legs back to their proper form, and turn the fowl right side outwards. 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 12/2 She whipped the garment right side out and held its loveliness to view. 1950 Pop. Sci. Oct. 143/1 After stitching, ball is turned right side out through lace opening. 1974 M. Grene Understanding of Nature ii. 16 An inside-out image of a face causes me to see a rightside-out image of a face. 1999 D. O. Hall & K. K. Rao Photosynthesis iv. 75 The inside-out vesicles settle in the dextran-rich lower phase, while the normal right-side-out vesicles accumulate in the polyethylene glycol-rich upper phase. 2004 Pract. Crafts July 42/3 Notch the seams under the arms, turn right side out and press. P5. the right —— for the job: the —— best suited to a given task. Frequently in the right man for the job. ΚΠ 1849 Hogg's Weekly Instructor New Ser. 3 26/1 You and I'll trade for a gold catcher or gold scraper, as best suits. I've the right thing for the job, I should say. 1872 Mystic Star June 256 Mr. Blanchard is apparently the right man for the job—a big one though it is. 1941 C. Headlam Diary 2 July in S. Ball Parl. & Politics in Age Churchill & Attlee (1999) vii. 260 I should say that Oliver [Lyttleton] was the right man for the job if the job is to be made. 1962 Pop. Sci. July 144 (heading) Picking the right film for the job. 1977 Offshore Engineer May 16/2 (advt.) The right rope for the job. 2003 S. Moloney Dwelling v. 83 She had no idea if she was the right person for the job. P6. to get (also have) something right: to deal with (a matter) or perform (a task) accurately or correctly; to answer (a question) correctly.In quot. 1836 with get used intransitively. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > be right [verb (intransitive)] to reckon righta1400 to read right?a1425 to get, have, or take the (or a) wrong (or right) sow by the ear1546 to get (also have) something right1565 to have the right scope of1570 1565 King Daryus sig. Divv I misse a note I dare well say I shuld haue byn low when I was so hie I shall haue it ryght anone verely. a1627 T. Middleton Chast Mayd in Cheape-side (1630) iii. 39 Why there thou hast it right. 1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal ii. 17 You have it right: they are both Politicians. 1709 R. Gould Wks. I. 339 You have it right, it is truly so! 1762 W. Whitehead School for Lovers i. 3 I cannot get this right. 1836 H. Taylor Statesman xxi. 142 He whose mind is not seasonably inconclusive, and cannot bear with a reasonable term of suspense, will either get wrong, or get right more tardily by means of after-thought and correction. 1893 G. D. Leslie Lett. to Marco xx. 134 My picture is at present in a state of jib, owing to a child's head in it which I cannot get right. 1895 G. B. Shaw Let. 1 Mar. (1965) I. 491 I should muddle at it until I got it right. 1914 E. P. Stewart Lett. Woman Homesteader xxii. 223 I have your address on the back of the writing-pad, so she knew she had it right, but I suspect that was all she had right. 1933 Punch 16 Aug. 195 (caption) Tourist (after two miles of it). ‘Look here, Alfonso, let's get this right. Have you adopted us or have we adopted you?’ 1951 C. P. Snow Masters iii. xxxvii. 301 I expect Eliot has got everything he said right. 2005 J. Martyn Ringfort to Runway ii. Foreword 89 The skies overhead would drone to four-cylinder Rallisons if the East European aircraft manufacturer got it right and import-certification complied with the law. P7. a. to set (also put) someone right: to correct or direct a person; spec. to correct a person's mistaken impression. Formerly also: †to justify (oneself) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > enlightenment > enlighten [verb (transitive)] > undeceive to bring (a person) to reasona1400 to set (also put) someone right1551 unhoodwink1585 undeceive1598 unbeguile1599 disabuse1611 disdeceive1622 disinveigle1635 clarify1642 unconfound1649 uncheat1650 undelude1651 ungull1652 unpervert1655 unseduce1664 unbewilder1668 unclouda1711 disillude1860 disillusionize1861 disillusion1864 de-bamboozle1919 straighten1956 1551 R. Crowley Pleasure & Payne sig. Ciiiiv And whye dyd you not set them ryght To seke thynges pleasante in my syght? 1645 C. D'arcy Let. 3 Feb. in S. D'Ewes Autobiogr. & Corr. (1845) II. 308 That little glimpse I have of the study you affect, gives me so much light as to discerne your ability and paines therin, and shall be beholden to you to be sett right where I run away. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 280 I'll set you right in your opinion of Minos. 1710 J. St. Leger Manager's Pro & Con 35 Sacheverell's part was to set right (as they cant) the young Clergy. a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 26 The more mistaken he found himself, the more violent was he in his Proceedings; as if, by that Means, he was to set himself right. 1787 T. Jefferson Let. 13 Nov. in Papers (1955) XII. 356 The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. xiii. 233 I must run after Miss Tilney directly and set her right . View more context for this quotation 1872 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree I. ii. iv. 160 A word from the tranter, however, set them right again. 1902 A. E. W. Mason Four Feathers xiv He looks as if he had lost his way. I will go on and put him right. 1949 Amer. Hist. Rev. 55 132 An evident desire to set right Negrophilists in Britain as to the relations of Black and White South Africa. 1997 A. Sivanandan When Memory Dies ii. i. 129 ‘You grandmother is the best person for you,’ she said. ‘She will put you right, and the sooner you go back the better.’ 2006 A. McCall Smith Right Attitude to Rain v. 59 He lives round the corner down there. I thought that she got the wrong end of the stick but couldn't set her right. b. to be (also get) right with (or †towards): to be (also come to be) on good terms with (a person); spec. to have the proper relationship with (God), make one's peace with (God). ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > in relations with others to be right witha1640 1617 T. Taylor Davids Learning 398 This is, when the heart is set right towardes God in doing all duties of pietie and charitie towardes God or men.] a1640 W. Fenner Contin. Christ's Alarm (1657) 126 If a man be not right towards God, the times will discover this. 1754 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew (1804) iv. 25 If you are not right towards God, you can never be so towards men. 1826 E. B. Barrett Ess. on Mind ii. 60 'Tis no dishonour to be right with fools. 1874 J. Parker Paraclete i. viii. 124 The Holy Ghost teaches that we cannot be right with one another until we are right with God. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark vi. vii. 442 I was wondering how you got right with the orchestra so quickly, there at first. 1925 J. M. Gray (title) How to get right with God, and other noonday talks to busy people. 2003 I. Sansom in D. Adebayo et al. New Writing 12 46 It's almost as if Ireland were Mecca, or Jerusalem, a place of pilgrimage, to which true believers are required to make hajj once in a lifetime, to get right with God. c. to see someone right: to look after a person, to protect the interests of a person; (also of a thing) to be beneficial to one or ensure one's success. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > take care of or look after > specifically a person > attend to or act for the benefit of seea1350 to see to ——a1382 sorrow1481 to see for ——c1500 to fend for1629 to see someone right1829 to see someone all right1840 1829 G. Wyse Orig. Poems & Songs 19 No vestage left; nor kith, nor kin To welcome me from school at night. No mother there to see me right. 1886 B. Brierley Cast upon World xxv. 303 Dick's friends will see him right. 1956 M. L. Settle O Beulah Land ii. iv. 255 I'll tell Jeremiah that ye'll see us right. 1974 D. Francis Knock Down xii. 147 Get me ten good two-year-olds and I'll see you right. 1991 Photo Answers Mar. 11/3 An SLR and 70–210mm zoom should see you right on the night, along with a few rolls of medium and fast film. 2005 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 14 Aug. 20/7 Do our publishers have no poetry in their soul? Were Randy Burns alive at this hour, who would see him right? P8. to come right: to regain or be restored into a satisfactory or proper state. Usually in future tense.Cf. to put (also get, etc.) something right at sense A. 10. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > provide a remedy [verb (intransitive)] > come right to come about1829 to come right1844 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Gen. x. 43 (Annot.) Neuertheles if we adde certaine that begane distinct Nations afterwards, til Iacob with his children went into Aegypt.., the number wil come right. a1647 T. Hooker Applic. of Redempt.: 9th & 10th Bks. (1657) ix. 13 A broken and humble heart, either lies right, or will come right. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. li. 260 She will be a good girl. All will come right. 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher IV. x. 237 The young lady has only just changed her mind by reason of a sort of lover's little quarrel, and all will come right again. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xxxv. 416 It'll all come right in the end, Sir; it'll all come right! 1888 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed Ladies' Gallery II. 56 All will come right in the end. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers xi. 280 It would all come right if they tried. 1962 C. Ekwensi Burning Grass ii. 10 The old man gazed reflectively into the fire. ‘Do not be anxious, Rikku; everything will come right.’ 1990 P. Cullinan in M. Leveson Firetalk 9 It was the time of the Republic, the post-Sharpeville recession. But somehow we did survive, and later, after a few years we came right. P9. to do the right thing for the wrong reason (also reasons): to act correctly or appropriately, but on the basis of flawed reasoning or faulty assumptions. ΚΠ 1875 Gardeners' Chron. 29 May 690/1 If a gardener waters in his accustomed way because he believes plants take in water by their leaf surfaces, I can only say that he does the right thing for the wrong reason. 1938 Econ. Jrnl. 48 249 Even on the occasions when they were successful, as often as not they did the right thing for the wrong reason, stumbling on the correct solution by accident. 1960 Times 20 Feb. 7/3 In respiting Chessman for sixty days the Governor of California has done the right thing..for the wrong reasons. 2006 L. Blue Best of Blue 55 When I decided to become a rabbi, I felt guilty because I had done the right thing for the wrong reasons. I no longer think right or wrong reasons important. P10. right and proper: fitting and appropriate; correct and acceptable. ΚΠ ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. hh.iii v Laude be to the that dyd enhaunce Hym to his ryght and propre herytaunce. 1585 T. Bilson True Difference Christian Subiection iv. 746 By reason they want faith which is the right and proper instrument of spiritual eating. 1701 J. Turner Sincere & Zealous Pract. Relig. Recommended vii. 331 Both may be secured by right and proper Methods. 1762 W. Whitehead School for Lovers ii. 23 You want to know what is right and proper for you to do in the case. 1864 D. Masson in Reader 16 Jan. 67 The Commemorationists..think that it is a right and proper thing to have occasional public celebrations of important anniversaries. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. xiii. 278 These trenchermen took from the dainties..and gave thereof to their offspring. Now, this is only right and proper, because it is the prerogative of children to ‘nash’ on these occasions. 1922 Times 29 July 19/5 The highest grade obtainable by the staff workers..has been fixed at £1,000... I hope that you will agree that it is a right and proper recognition of efficiency. 1948 K. Davis Human Society ii. x. 267 If..this woman had been reared in a Chukchee camp in Siberia, such a conflict could not have occurred, because among the Chukchee sexual relations with men other than the husband are considered right and proper. 2003 Church Times 17 Oct. 36/4 The incumbents' portraits have been moved around to make way for yet more peal-boards, which is only right and proper. P11. that's right: used to express affirmation or agreement: ‘you are right’, ‘exactly’. Also is that right?: used to invite confirmation of a statement or proposal. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agreement [phrase] it is a match!1569 that's right1608 true for you1765 how right you are1799 them's my sentiments1847 I should think (suppose, etc.)1861 right you are!1862 sure thing1895 you said it1911 with knobs on1930 you can say that again1932 I should coco1936 I couldn't agree more (with someone)1939 that makes two of us1956 yes please2010 1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants v. sig. H4v Fits. The word, Alienis ecce crumenis I. Whats that? Fits. One that liues out of other mens pockets, Pya Thats right? 1661 W. Johnson Novelty Represt ii. x. 400 What then? ergo he call's the Pope the Vice-Christ or the Vice-God? thats right. 1704 Female Wits 8 That's right, Mr. Praisewell. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 10 Feb. (1948) I. 188 En't that right now? 1816 J. Austen Emma iii. 172 That's right, my dear, very right. 1890 O. Wilde Picture of Dorian Gray v. 78 ‘I hear a gentleman comes every night to the theatre and goes behind to talk to her. Is that right? What about that?’ 1925 A. Christie Secret of Chimneys x. 96 ‘You recognized the body as that of one of your guests?’ ‘That's right, inspector.’ 1976 L. Deighton Twinkle, twinkle, Little Spy x. 99 ‘They would take it real bad.’ ‘Is that right,’ said Mann. 2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xvii. 248 I wish we could have gone to one of those..what did they call them, oh, that's right, automats. P12. am I (not) right?: used (usually rhetorically) to invite agreement with or approval of a preceding statement. Also (U.S. colloquial) duplicated for emphasis as am I right or am I right? Cf. sense B. 2. ΚΠ 1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore sig. K2v You ha scap'd the Gallowes, to the Deuill you flie next, sir. Am I right, my Liege? 1678 E. Howard Man of Newmarket iii. 33 Or should it sowre the Complexion of a new-fledg'd Advocate, that perhaps scarce knows how to wear the Wings of his Gown neatly on his shoulders—Am I not right, Sir? 1718 C. Cibber Non-juror iv. 53 I take it for granted, that you would marry Mr. Heartly—Am I right? 1788 Gentleman's & London Mag. Mar. 116/1 Why should you hesitate to own such a child as this? Am I not right? 1858 Train 5 4 And your opulence..is not such as to excite the just indignation of the sovereign people. Am I right? 1896 J. Barnes Princetonian ii. 24 He's a second Hector,—am I right, or am I right? 1920 A. T. de Mattos tr. M. Leblanc Secret of Sarek xv. 295 If you daren't look, it's because you've guessed or because you're on the point of guessing, you wretch: am I right? 1988 R. Basu Hours before Dawn xvii. 145 In this town people kill themselves running after the green buck, but you Indians are different. You believe more in God and the family. Am I right? 2002 News-Press (Fort Myers, Florida) (Nexis) 21 Oct. 1 a You know how the family is. They're overprotective. Am I right or am I right? P13. a. how right you are (and variants): used to express strong agreement or affirmation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agreement [phrase] it is a match!1569 that's right1608 true for you1765 how right you are1799 them's my sentiments1847 I should think (suppose, etc.)1861 right you are!1862 sure thing1895 you said it1911 with knobs on1930 you can say that again1932 I should coco1936 I couldn't agree more (with someone)1939 that makes two of us1956 yes please2010 1799 J. G. Holman Votary of Wealth i. i. 7 Certainly!—How right you were! 1834 F. Parker Dacre I. ix. 71 ‘How right you are !’ exclaimed Lady Anne: ‘but,’ added she, with increased earnestness, ‘do not delay the good deed.’ 1876 Catholic World 24 400/1 Oh! how right you are, dear Kate. 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night viii. 167 ‘She's awfully kind. But I'm always having to be grateful... It makes me want to bite.’ ‘How right you are,’ said Harriet. 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags ii. 98 ‘I expect they thought that if we had time we should try and stop them coming.’ ‘How right they were.’ 1967 O. Norton Now lying Dead i. 1 Not that anything they decided could embarrass the police, as the coroner gently pointed out. And how right he was. 1970 G. Butler Coffin from Past xiv. 147 ‘I always said I'd move away from here... I never liked the district.’.. ‘How right you were,’ he said. 1991 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Mar. (verso front cover) It was you who persuaded me to let you reset the diamond into a ring and keep it to sell later—how right you were, as always!. b. colloquial. right you are!: expressing agreement with something said or assent to an action: ‘as you please’, ‘if you want’, ‘I take your point’. Cf. sense B. 1.Not used in North America. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agreement [phrase] it is a match!1569 that's right1608 true for you1765 how right you are1799 them's my sentiments1847 I should think (suppose, etc.)1861 right you are!1862 sure thing1895 you said it1911 with knobs on1930 you can say that again1932 I should coco1936 I couldn't agree more (with someone)1939 that makes two of us1956 yes please2010 1862 Once Week 21 June 705/1 ‘Right you are, Mossoo,’ quoth the Inspector, laughing. 1883 H. Smart At Fault xviii. 213 Everybody will come to you; they will say Mr. Marlinson knows all about it. And you can reply, ‘Right you are, I do... But..my lips are sealed.’ 1912 E. R. Burroughs in All-Story Mag. Oct. 246/2 ‘If the mutineers are victorious our one slim hope lies in not having attempted to thwart or antagonize them.’ ‘Right you are, Alice. We'll keep in the middle of the road.’ 1947 J. Symons Man called Jones 14 ‘An advertising agency can only exist in full perfection in a capitalist system which is showing the—the iridescence of decay. It thrives in an atmosphere of commercial competition—’ ‘Right you are,’ said Mudge. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home xii. 154 ‘See you at work Monday, then, Nell,’ he said. ‘Right you are.’ c. colloquial (originally U.S.). damn (also damned, goddamn, goddamned) right: expressing emphatic certainty, agreement, or approval: ‘yes, indeed’, ‘definitely’, ‘absolutely’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > affirmation and denial > [adverb] > as an emphatic affirmative absolutely1825 rather1836 a thousand times, yes1896 definitely1931 deffo1940 damn straight1964 1908 R. D. Hillis in Yale Lit. Mag. Dec. 110 ‘We never appreciate a good thing until we've suffered for it!’ ‘Damn right!’ said Tommy, dryly. 1947 F. Yerby Vixens xi. 162 Goddamned right I'll stay at the house! I'll stay until I straighten Laird out. 1973 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 12 Feb. 3 b/1 ‘Are you ready to come back to the Major Leagues?’... ‘Goddamn right I am.’ 1993 ‘A. McNab’ Bravo Two Zero (1994) ix. 248 Would the Allies bomb a position where prisoners were? Damned right they would. 2014 T. McCulloch Stillman 163 ‘You big daftie, you'll always be welcome here.’ Damn right. Not a day goes past that she isn't welcomed here. d. colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand). too right: expressing emphatic agreement or approval: ‘yes, indeed’, ‘absolutely’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [interjection] > emphasizing a preceding statement vow1788 I'll say1919 too right1919 the mind > language > statement > assent > [adverb] > expression of assent yesOE yeaOE soa1400 toa1525 very well1529 yus1775 yerse1862 yeah1863 yeh1868 orright1874 yep1883 yup1887 ayuh1894 yairs1896 yayus1900 yip1906 too right1919 quite1924 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 51 Two eyes right or too right, certainly. 1926 K. S. Prichard Working Bullocks iv. 41 ‘That's to say you're as big a fool fruit-growing as Bill Graeme is catching wild horses.’ Wally Burke's eyes took the fire-light as he smiled. ‘Too right,’ he said. 1943 D. Stewart Ned Kelly i. i. 23 Devine's still in the lock-up?.. Too right he is. 1951 J. Fleming Man who looked Back xi. 145 ‘We should have thought of that before we started out.’ ‘Too right,’ Joe agreed. 1977 Zigzag Aug. 31/1 Something better change—too right mate! 2004 M. Keyes Other Side of Story (2005) 75 ‘This comes as a..surprise?’ Too right it did... ‘I was scuttered,’ I whispered. ‘It was Saturday night,’ he said. P14. a. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. she'll be right: ‘everything will be fine’. Frequently attributive, designating an attitude of blind optimism. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [phrase] to rightsc1330 all (also everything) is gas and gaiters1839 (as) nice (also good, sweet, etc.) as pie1855 (as) right as rain1891 everything in the garden is lovely (also rosy)1898 she'll be right1947 1947 D. M. Davin For Rest of Lives xvi. 81 She'll be right as soon as we get back with the boys again. 1959 Times 27 June 7/7 He calls in the appropriate tradesman, who fixes the thing so that it works again, but not very well. He protests and is told: ‘She'll be right.’ 1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand 148 Poor country lads the Hun radio called them... The easy-going jokers who jacked things up with the she'll-be-right spirit. 1974 A. Buzo Coralie Lansdowne says No 65 ‘There's more in the car. I'll go and get it.’ ‘Do you want a wheelbarrow?’ ‘She'll be right.’ 1983 Australian 9 Aug. (Sydney ed.) 9 The ‘she'll be right’ attitude is about to get its worst-yet jolt. 2006 Sydney Morning Herald 7 Sept. 3/1 Australian air travellers take a ‘She'll be right’ attitude to safety, paying little or no attention to briefings by flight attendants. b. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. she's right: ‘that's fine’, ‘everything is in order’. ΚΠ 1950 N.Z. Listener 3 Mar. 12 ‘She's right!’ Miss Cooper said, with a good Pig Islander's inflexion. 1958 F. B. Vickers Though Poppies Grow 76 ‘You're free until we take a firm order. But bring the permit with you.’ ‘She's right mate. Thanks a lot.’ 1961 B. Crump Hang on a Minute Mate 33 Thanks for the beer, added Jack. She's right, said the barman. Hope you get the job. 1978 D. Stuart Wedgetail View 21 ‘What d' y' reckon, should I drop back a bit an' put up a smoke, let them know where we are?’ ‘No, she's right, Col. Davey's got one going.’ P15. the customer is always right: see customer n. Phrases. (the) right way b. Usually (the) right way. The correct or most practical method to achieve the end in view. ΚΠ a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 17 (MED) He wile hes habben wel imotet, and bi rihte wæiȝe wel i-wæiȝen, and wel imered gold. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) vii. 50 Ffor he yat better techis his hors na his barnis he gais nocht the rycht gate to teche the order. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 9 This is the rightest way and fittest order to serve God. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum iii. ix. 119 To see who hath taken the righter, truer, and more commodious way to gouerne the people aswell in warre as in peace. a1637 B. Jonson Timber 185 in Wks. (1640) III If they would venture their industry the right way. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. i. 26 [He] took the right way to be depos'd. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 390 What Miracles of Architecture they would have left us, had they only been instructed in the right way. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature V. 398 Is it the right way to teach morality, to trick vice out with allurements? 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. v. 101 Mothers certainly have not yet got quite the right way of managing their daughters. View more context for this quotation 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady III. xi. 170 She must think of it in the right way. 1907 E. M. Forster Longest Journey xiii. 157 If he was stupid in the right way he would be a don. 1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. p. xxviii There are chapters on How to Make and Keep a Beautiful Skin..the Right Way of Reducing, Bathing for Beauty. 2003 M. Redhill Fidelity 14 They drank much of the bottle, trying to find the right way to describe the taste. the right way (also regionally gate) (of) c. the right way (also regionally gate) (of) (adverbial phrase): in the proper direction or position; in the correct manner. Also (Scottish): properly, thoroughly. Now frequently with the addition of an adverb, as about, round, up, etc. Cf. right side up at right side n. Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > in the direction that [phrase] > in the proper direction the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628 the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] > specific manner of action or operation > correct way or method game1625 the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > true facts or circumstances the soothc897 rightOE trutha1382 the feat ofa1400 verity1422 the whole story1565 fact1578 the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628 bottom fact1864 where it's (he's, she's) at1903 inside1904 dinkum1916 society > morality > virtue > [noun] > conduct > course of narrow wayOE highwaya1200 the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628 straight and narrow path1842 high road1950 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] > way of washing-wellc1425 the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628 jnana-marga1877 bhakti-marga1937 a1628 J. Preston Saints Daily Exercise (1629) 116 It sets all the wheeles of the soul the right way. 1677 Compl. Servant-maid 65 Rub your sarsenet well, the right way of the sarsenet. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 247 I had hold of the Watch, and holding it the right way, the start she gave drew the Hook out. a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 256 Let it be a constant rule to scrub the boards the right way of the grain; that is lengthways. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 113 Thou mayst do the Smith a kind turn, an thou takest this matter the right way. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xlix Than she lows't the richt gate aboot the minaister an' a' 's ation. 1927 Z. Grey in Country Gentleman June 26/2 Even a broken line running the right way would sweep the valley from wash to slope. 1942 A. S. Forbes & H. R. Allen Ten Fighter Boys p. xv Being a little ham, he overdid the manœuvre and came the right way up. 1995 T. Parks Ital. Educ. 60 Four rows of pink-or blue-clad babies just about visible in their cots if turned the right way round. 2008 C. Newkey-Burden in J. Burchill & C. Newkey-Burden Not in my Name App. 181 It would be a sad day if everyone in the rock world gave up the sherbet, but if anyone could do it the right way, it was always going to be our Noel. < as lemmas |
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